The disposition products were phosgene and hydrogen chloride.
Phosgene (COCl2) is on Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention and was used in World War I as a poison gas weapon. Toxic effects can result from concentrations that cannot be detected by smell. It is DENSER THAN AIR and will therefore concentrate near the ground, which will explain the vulnerability of animals that are close to the ground, like foxes or chickens. The main effect is pulmonary edema. A lethal dose can manifest in 2-3 days.
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is slightly heavier than air and will combine with water to form hydrochloric acid (stomach acid). This will happen if inhaled into the lungs.
I am astounded and appalled that the officials either were not aware of what they were doing or did not fully inform the public. (It will be an interesting question if the "homeless" were also affected like the animals, considering they tend to sleep close to the ground.)
Well what can those people do to lessen the lethal effect if they live under that cloud....And there were days that the government caused the Los Angeles clouds to resemble the cotton bubble look in the sky.
Those gases are heavier than air. The people are either in the cloud or walking around with the cloud at their ankles. Their cats and dogs are in the cloud. With any luck, the gases should have dissipated, but not a good idea to sleep on the rug. I have to wonder if the source chemical, vinyl chloride, would have been less dangerous.
Edit: I went and checked. Vinyl chloride might be worse. No good outcome.
The disposition products were phosgene and hydrogen chloride.
Phosgene (COCl2) is on Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention and was used in World War I as a poison gas weapon. Toxic effects can result from concentrations that cannot be detected by smell. It is DENSER THAN AIR and will therefore concentrate near the ground, which will explain the vulnerability of animals that are close to the ground, like foxes or chickens. The main effect is pulmonary edema. A lethal dose can manifest in 2-3 days.
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is slightly heavier than air and will combine with water to form hydrochloric acid (stomach acid). This will happen if inhaled into the lungs.
I am astounded and appalled that the officials either were not aware of what they were doing or did not fully inform the public. (It will be an interesting question if the "homeless" were also affected like the animals, considering they tend to sleep close to the ground.)
Well what can those people do to lessen the lethal effect if they live under that cloud....And there were days that the government caused the Los Angeles clouds to resemble the cotton bubble look in the sky.
Those gases are heavier than air. The people are either in the cloud or walking around with the cloud at their ankles. Their cats and dogs are in the cloud. With any luck, the gases should have dissipated, but not a good idea to sleep on the rug. I have to wonder if the source chemical, vinyl chloride, would have been less dangerous.
Edit: I went and checked. Vinyl chloride might be worse. No good outcome.
Polyvinyl chloride is known as PVC
It's literally one of the safest chemicals on earth.
PVC is a solid... long chains of vinyl. Not like vinyl chloride which is only two carbons long and very light for the non chemists